Text Box: Text Box:                                                    Text Box: GUARDIANSHIP AND ELDER LAW LINKS Text Box: ELDER ABUSE AND GUARDIANSHIP VICTIMS TASKFORCE FOR CHANGE STOP ELDER ABUSE & GUARDIANSHIP ABUSE GUARDIANSHIP WARNING Text Box: [2009] California Financial Elder Abuse: The Old and the Wealthy are Prime Targets [2009] Adult Children Could Be on Hook for Parents' Nursing Home Bills [2009] Assessing The Need for Guardianship - May 2009 [2009] Clearing House Review - Guardianship & Conservatorship - Shriver Center [2009] End the Unauthorized Sterilization of Adults with Disabilities under Guardianship - SUPPORT HB 2290 - May 5, 2009 [2008] HALT.ORG—Issue Brief: Guardianship Abuse [2008] Over, Under or Inconclusive? Using Filial and Family Support Laws to Combat Elder Exploitation [2008] Elders and the Courts—Needs Assessment by Center for State Courts Participating Organizations ...AARP, ABA Commission on Law and Aging, American Judges, Association, Conference of Chief Justices, Conference of State Court Administrators, NCSC’s court2court listserv, NCSC s' Elder Abuse and the Courts Working Group, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, National Association for Court Management, National Association of State Judicial Educators, National College of Probate Judges, National District Attorneys Association, National Guardianship Association, National Guardianship Network, National Judicial College [2008] Nursing home industry tries to hinder justice in nursing home abuse and neglect [2008] ABA Commission on Law and Aging - Guardianship Law and Practice - Recommendations, etc... [2007] STATE ADULT GUARDIANSHIP LEGISLATION: DIRECTIONS OF REFORM Senator Gordon H. Smith, Ranking Member, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging [2007] Public Guardianship After 25 Years: In the Best Interest of Incapacitated People? National Study of Public Guardianship Phase II —ABA [2007] GUARDIANSHIP FOR THE ELDERLY: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF SENIORS WITH REDUCED CAPACITY - Issued By: Senator Gordon H. Smith, Ranking Member, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging - Dec 2007 [2007] Clinical Evidence in Guardianship of Older Adults Is Inadequate: Findings From a Tri-State Study - The Gerontologist - 2007 [2006] Exploitation of Seniors: America's Ailing Guardianship System—Senate Committee on Aging Hearing 09/07/06 [2006] GUARDIANSHIPS Little Progress in Ensuring Protection for Incapacitated Elderly People—September 2006 [2004] Protecting Older Americans Under Guardianship: Who Is Watching The Guardian? Senate Committee on Aging Hearing 07/22/04 [2004] National Groups Address Guardianship Reform To Protect Older Americans [2004] GUARDIANSHIPS Collaboration Needed to Protect Incapacitated Elderly People—Washington GOA Report—July 2004 [2003] US SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING HEARING ON GUARDIANSHIP- Senator Larry E. Craig, Idaho, Chairman Senator John B. Breaux, Louisiana, February 11, 2003 [2003] Guardianships Over the Elderly: Security Provided or Freedoms Denied? Senate Committee on Aging Hearing 02-11-03 [2001] Wingspan Conference Guardianship Recommendations - Primary sponsors were the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Stetson University College of Law, host of the Conference, and the Borchard Center of Law and Aging. Co-sponsors were the ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, the National College of Probate Judges, the Supervisory Council of the ABA Section on Real Property, Probate and Trusts, the National Guardianship Association, the Center for Medicare Advocacy, the Arc of the United States, and the Center for Social Gerontology, Inc. [1997] What about guardianships ? Don Says